Bottle-washing machine.



R. L. GALLUP.

BOTTLE WASHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 17. 1912.

Patented Nov. 23, 1915.

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APPLICATION FILED FEB. I7; I912.

Patented Nov. 23, 191.

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APPLICATION FILED FEB. I7. I9I2.

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enric ROCKWELL L. GALLUP, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR, BY TvIESNE ASSIGNMENTS,

TO BARRY-WEHIMILLER MAGHINJERY COMPANY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, COB- ]PORA'IION OF MISSOURI.

BOTTLE-WASHING .MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 23, T915.

Application filed Februaryl'i, 1912. Serial No. 678,316.

To all whom it mayconce'rn:

Be it known that I, ROCKWELL L. GALLUF, a citizen of the United States,'residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new. and useful Improvements in Bottle-Washing Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention pertains to bottle washing machines of the general character disclosed in my co-pending application Serial No. 647,005, filed August 31, 1911, and aims to provide certain improvements and novel features of construction adapted to improve the efliciency and operation of such a machine.

One of the objects'of the present invention is the provision of novel means for separating the labels, removed from the bottles, from the washing water and delivering the separated labels outside the machine.

Another object is to produce a machine in which the shotting spindles and the water supplying chamber therefor can be bodily removed from the machine for purposes of inspection and repair.

Still another object is the provislon of an improved construction whereby the shot delivered by the shotting spindles is returned to the shottingcups and any scattered shot is collected in receptacles from which it may be removed for subsequent use.

Other objects and many of the advantages of the invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art, as the invention, is better understood from the following description when considered in connection with the accompanying drawings.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a bottle washing machine embodying my invention, a portion of the side wall of the machine being broken away to more clearly illustrate the lnterior mech anism; Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional View taken substantially on the line 22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a fragmentary end elevation looking toward the right in Fig. 2; Fig. 4

. is a transverse sectional view taken substantially on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1; Fig. 5 is a detail view of the screen and the water chamber; Fig. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on the line 66 of Fig. 5; Fig; 7 is an enlarged detail view of one of the cup-shaped sockets forming the plate above the shotting spindles. Fig. 8 is a vertical sectional view showing a spindle in washing position within a bottle.

From the drawings it will be observed that this machine comprises an inclosed frame 11 within which the bottle washing operations take place, an endless carrier 12 encircling sprocket wheels 13 and 14: at the ends of the machine being adapted to carry the bottles through the machine from one end to the other. Reciprocating rods 15 operated by eccentrics 16 are equipped with dogs 17 which engage with the carrier and feed the same forward by an intermittent movement. The washing spindles 19 are adapted to be raised and lowered by hydraulic cylinders 21 or other suitable mechanism to introduce the spindles into the bottles disposed on the carrier between the intermittent movements thereof. The mechanism thus far described may be of usual will eventually clog it up and prevent its operation. Instead of permitting the water which has been sprayed over the inside and outside of the bottles to flow directly back into the tank or containing chamber 22, I have, in this instance, provided a plate 23 beneath the carrier 12, said plate being inclined from one end to the other so that the labels and other solid material carried thereby will flow into the transversely extending conduit or pipe 24. The plate 23 must, of course, be perforated to permit the introduction of the spindles 19 therethrough, but to limit the quantity of water which will flow through these perforations to a minimum I have provided hearings or sockets 25 (Figs. 1 and 7) through which the spindles 19 pass, said bearings being but slightly larger than the spindles so that a relatively tight fit is effected. These bearings also serve to steady the spindles and prevent vibration as they are raised and lowered. Since water issues able source of water or other constantly from the ends of the spindles it will be obvious that no opportunity is afforded for labels or other solid material to pass through the plate even when the spindles are in the lowered position shown in Fig. 1.

The conduit 24 extends transversely of the machine and communicates at one end With a tubulanmember 26 mounted outside the machine in\ a casing 27 The inclined partition 28 divides the tubular member into two sections. A cylindrical screen consisting of circular end members 29 and an encircling screen 31 is mounted to revolve about the'tubular member and the peripheries of the circular members 29 are provided with gear teeth adapted to mesh and be driven by the pinions 32 fixed on a constantly rotating shaft 33-extnding transversely of the machine and adapted to be driven through a gear 34 or any other preferred driving mechanism. The tubular member 26 is provided with a port or opening below the .partition28 so that the washing Water will flow from the conduit 24 through this port and through the screen from whence it will be conducted back into the reservoir or tank 22 by the surrounding casing 27. It will be obvious that by this construction water is permitted to pass through the screen which will separate therefrom labels and other solid matter which will be collected upon the interior of the screen. Asthe screen is constantly revolving this material will be carried by the screen to a position above the partition 28. At this point and adjacent the screen I have provided a pipe 35 connected with any suitfluid supply under pressure, this pipe being provided on its under side with perforations through which jets of water are discharged against thescreen 31. The labels and other solid matter clinging to theinterior of the screen will be removed therefrom by the issuing jets of water and will fall upon the partition 28 from whence they will be conducted to any suitable discharge receptacle by a delivery pipe..36.

The greater part of the labels and other solid material removed from the bottles will be separated from the washing water by the mechanism just described, but for the purpose of further insuring the pump agalnst the entrance of labels and other undesirable solid matter thereinto I ave provided a further screening mechanism illus-' pairs, I have so mounted the screens 31 will be deposited upon the innerface of the screen 37. Since this screen is constantly revolved the solid material and labels will be carried around with the screen but when they reach an upper position opposite the open side of a conduit 44 they are blown off from the screen by jets of water or other fluid issuing from a perforated pipe 45 connected with any suitable source of water supply under pressure. The labels are conducted by the conduit 44 to any suitable discharge point outside the machlne. It will be manifest from the foregoing that I have provided two screening mechanisms for removin the labels and other solid matter from t e washing water used repeatedly washing spindles 19 they are subjected to the action of a series of s otting spindles 46 as in my previous machine, the shotting spindles being carried upon a water chamber 47 connected by a hose-48' with any suitable source of water supply under pressure. Since it is desirable to fre uently gain access to the shotting spindles for the purpose of inspecting the same, supplying them withshot and occasionally making rechamber 47 that it may be bodily slid out of the machine. To this end the frame 48 carried upon hydraulic cylinders 49 is equipped with a series of rollers 51 upon which the chamber 47 issupported. The side of the machine is provided with an opening 52 normally closed by a door and through which the water .chamber and the shotting spindles may be removed. A frame or sup-' porting table 53 providedwith rollers 54 may be attached to the side of the machine in alinement with the opening thereby enabling the Water chamber 47 and the shotting spindles to be slid out of the opening 52 into the dotted line position shown in Fig. 4 where the necessary inspection and repairs may be made. A detachable coupling 55 connects the hose 48 with the water chamber and this may be disconnected when the chamber is to be removed.

The shot cups 56 within which the lower ends of the shotting spindles 46 are mounted are adapted to contain a quantity of shot which is delivered to the bottles on the carrier by the water discharged through the spindles. In order that the shot may. be delivered back to the cups 56 I have provided a plate 57 situated above the shotting spintiles and formed with cup-shaped sockets iii;

menace 58 through which the spindles 46 pass, these sockets being adapted to convey the shot back to the cups 56. In case a bottle should be broken or missing from the carrier the shot discharged by its particular spindle will be delivered to the top of the machine where a deflector 59 is situated to prevent undue scattering of the shot. For the purpose of collecting and saving such shot as is not returned to the shot cups by the sockets 58 I have provided at each end of the plate 57 receptacles 61 and 62 into which the scattered shot will be conducted by the in clined portions of the plate on either side of the sockets 58. ,The shot collected in these receptacles may be removed when desired and returned to the cups.

It is believed that my invention and its mode of operation will be understood from the foregoing without further description and it will be obvious that various deviations in mechanical structure from the construction shown and described may be resorted to without exceeding the scope of thefollowing claims,

I claim:

1. In a bottle Washing machine, the combination of a water reservoir, means for conveying bottles through the machine, means including a plurality of spindles for applying water to the bottles to remove the labels therefrom, means located outside the water reservoir for separating the labels from the water, means, including a plate perforated for the passage of said spindles therethrough and a conduit positioned at one edge of said plate, for conducting water and the labels carried thereby to said separating means,\and means for returning the water to said reservoir.

2. In abottle washing machine, the combination of a bottle carrier, a bottle washer comprising a plurality of reciprocatory spindles, a conduit, an inclined plate disposed beneath said carrier and. adapted to conduct the foul Washing water and labels to said conduit, said plate having perforations for the passage of the spindles therethrough, and means positioned at one end of the conduit for removing the labels from said washing water.

3. In a bottle washing machine, the combination ofa bottle carrier, a bottle washer, an inclined plate arranged beneath said carrier, conduits disposed at the ends of said plate, pipesconnecting said conduits, and label separating'means connected with the lower conduit.

4. In a bottle washing machine, the combination of a bottle support, a plurality of Washing spindles, an inclined plate disposed above said spindles, and bearing members carried by said plate to receive said washing spindles.

5. In a bottle washing machine, the combination of a plurality of reciprocatory shotting spindles, a perforated plate thereabove providedwith a plurality of cupshaped sockets to receive said spindles, and a receptacle at the end of the plate into which scattered shot is collected.

6. In a bottle washing 'machine, the combination of a plurality of reciprocatory shotting spindles, and a plate disposed thereabove, said plate beingprovided with cupshaped sockets adapted to return the shot into operative position relatively to the spindles.

7. In a 'bottle washing machine, the combination of an inclosed frame, a bottle carrier mounted to travel through said frame, a track mounted in the frame beneath said carrier, a water chamber slidably supported on the track, a series of washing spindles mounted on the chamber, and a removable door in the side of said frame in alinement with the ends of the track through which i the water chamber may be removed from the machine.

ROCKWELL L. GALLUP.

Witnesses:

IRA J. WmsoN, M. A. Kumm. 

